I hope there will be good coverage of the area's industrial history.

May be of interest. 1950s Allenburys Pastilles Tin | Vinted www.vinted.co.uk/items/797845...

Sad news. www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/2584271...

Photos of the Boosey and Hawkes factory on Deansbrook Road, Edgware in the 1940s where they manufactured brass instruments and drums. Images from Horniman Museum who hold their museum and archive:

I mentioned a 1936 promotional film for John Compton organs. Here it is - youtu.be/CJiJvCQ1JXc?...

Today, I was on the Robert Elms Show, talking to him about musical instrument manufacturers in London. You can listen in on BBC Sounds here, I come in 1 hour and 10 minutes into the show. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... The recording is available for 28 days.

Just a quick post to say I will be on BBC Radio London's Robert Elms Show this coming Sunday (Feb 8th) talking about factories with a musical theme.

The Arcadia Works, Mornington Crescent.

Made in Southall

The Aladdin factory, Greenford. youtu.be/0QN-pY8zOsw?...

I have updated this article with links to videos, and added photos taken recently by myself. wordsbymarkamies.com/2014/10/19/t...

At last! A video of the Hoover Building. Shot at the weekend by yours truly youtu.be/-0Reav3uaEo?...

I made another visit to the old Aladdin factory in Greenford. I will be using some of these images to update an article I did originally in 2014. There's also some video footage coming too. The Aladdin Works, Northolt – Words by Mark Amies share.google/4hvHt3ilBzu2...

Shell-Mex House, Strand 1931 Messrs Joseph Image from RIBApix

Choc Ices being made at J.Lyons & Co, Hammersmith, 1957. Footage from British Pathe. youtu.be/ha6K4j4AAt4?...

The old Shredded Wheat factory site* *yes, I know it's not in London, but I'll make an exception for this one. www.whtimes.co.uk/news/2564248...

John Rogers walking through former industrial areas in North East London (video from 2021). youtu.be/EdKgMm-9148?...

An opportunity to create a mural in Park Royal. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/competitions...

A return of a Christmas tradition on the Great West Road. youtu.be/5BUhf2AfMFk?...

This is the original Bankside Power Station, where Tate Modern now stands. Photo by my father in 1949, from my post exploring a Bankside Panorama, Then and Now at alondoninheritance.com/londonvistas...

Every Ready, of Holloway, London, N7.

Made in Greenford wordsbymarkamies.com/2014/10/19/t...

Cover of the day: from 1968, here is the Cement and Concrete Association’s brochure on the Western Avenue Extension aka Westway. It was published two years prior to the opening of the Westway, so it’s all artists’ impressions:

Made in Perivale.

Posters at the London Transport Museum.

Sunlight Laundry, Brixton 1937 F. E. Simpkins www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/interwar-ind...

We've all seen these awful ai-generated animations derived from genuine old photos. Here's my take on it. Local History on Social Media is Being Eroded by Ai. – Words by Mark Amies share.google/q5ITT8tJutAK...

"The finest mattress made" : c.1930 publicity brochure from the bedmaking company whose works were then situated at the still eponymously named junction of the Edgware Road, North Circular and M1 in north London. Staples, formed in 1895, had links to the Heal's furnishings family. flic.kr/p/2rEWjBX

Christmas gift idea. youtu.be/9JZ_TQ__JAs?...

A short video I did the other day. youtu.be/oZjPhSHjvYM?...

Attending this evening.

1955 British Pathé film of the Wilkinson Sword factory in Acton. youtu.be/XtpMAUf65UQ?...

Fascinated by this small ad for Vitality Bulbs. Its amazing g to think that London was once home to a myriad of small factories, making allsorts of products that have now long gone. Graces Guide has a bit more on Vitality here - share.google/bxGP6ljXRyej...

One for your diary.

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Nice Instagram post about the Carreras factory in Camden. www.instagram.com/reel/DQHtC-o...

The company has its roots in East London.

211 years ago, on the 17th of October 1814, eight people died in the London Beer Flood. One vat of porter had burst at Horse Shoe Brewery, causing a chain reaction of destruction which eventually resulted in a ‘wave of beer’ destroying a wall and flooding St Giles Rookery. #otd #history 🗃️

One for your diary.

Yesteryear my publisher informed me that my book proposal has been accepted. 🙂 It's been a long time sone my last book (three years this month), so it is about time.

Between 1946 and 1950, John Logie Baird produced around 600 television receivers from a small factory at 466 Alexandra Avenue, Rayners Lane.

Elvis Costello performing 'The Hoover Factory' on Multicoloured Swap Shop, December 1980. youtu.be/8jxx7FsLadU?...

Where you can find out more about London's manufacturing history. wordsbymarkamies.com/2025/09/02/l...

A Macfarlane Lang display case spotted in a Hastings antique shop yesterday.